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Faithfulness implies, in the first place, that there exists an established relation between two or more persons, or some kind of alliance or agreement. I am not speaking now, you understand, about the covenant. But faithfulness in general implies and presupposes an existing relationship of some kind
I say it again: How can anyone witness when he is remiss and unfaithful in these basic things? So, if we love the truth we are faithful to the truth—as a man is faithful to his wife because he loves her;—and because we are faithful to God because we love him. Faithfulness to God is faithfulness to h
Faithfulness toward our neighbor is based upon our faithfulness to God. Faithfulness to God is the steady pursuit and search for Gods will in the Scriptures. It is believing, holding Gods Word to be true and His promises to be sure. Faithfulness to our neighbor is trustworthiness and dependableness.
Here we have a man saying by true faith, I don't count my life as valuable to me. Not that he was reckless with regard to his human life. He sanctified that human life. He cared for that human life. He used that human life. He reverenced human life. But he says in comparison to my calling to be
Faithfulness implies a certain established covenant relation of friendship and love. This is true even from a natural point of view. The faithfulness between man and wife, or between a servant and his master, implies that there is an established relation of friendship or of contract and agreement be
It follows then that his people must be likewise faithful in regard to the marriage bond, the most beautiful reflection of the covenant relation. We realize that our creeds do not directly discuss this aspect of the commandment, but rather stress chastity and purity. We certainly must be warned that
As the church is called to be faithful to Jesus Christ and not to be seeking other lovers, so the woman, the young woman, waits. She resists any attempt to be unfaithful for someone to make her unfaithful. She is devoted to her future husband. whoever that may be. And if the Lord does not provi
Two words receive the emphasis in this vow, lawful and faithful. Twice it is said that this is his lawful wife. Faithfulness is the keynote that runs through this pledge. Taking his wife involves a fourfold promise. First, the groom promises never to forsake her. This promise is based on the Scriptu
But God's faithfulness is not only the source of our faithfulness; it is also the pattern for our faithfulness. We must act in and toward marriage as God acts toward us. To put it another way, we need to know that not only passages which speak of marriage and chastity are important as far as a prope
Throughout the Bible God calls unbelief adultery—infidelity. When we sin against him, we demonstrate that we worship another god: the god of pleasure, perhaps, or the god of self. But—praise him!—our God is faithful. While we are characterized by infidelity, he is a God of integrity. One who has int